Beating the Odds: UFC Fight Night ‘Nelson vs. Ponzinibbio’

Those who engage Paul Felder in the clinch do so at great risk to their own well-being.

The former Cage Fury Fighting Championships titleholder butchered Steven Ray with first-round elbows in a UFC Fight Night 113 lightweight showcase on Sunday at The SSE Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland. Ray -- who entered the cage as a -200 favorite, per BetDSI.com -- bowed out 3:57 into Round 1, as the Scotsman lost for just the second time in seven Ultimate Fighting Championship appearances.

Felder (+160) drew the two-time Cage Warriors champion into close-quarters combat, creating space with standing elbows to the head and knee strikes to the body. With roughly 90 seconds left in the first round, he circled…